The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ( FAO ) ( Italian: Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l ' Alimentazione e l ' Agricoltura ) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.

FAO is composed of eight departments: Administration and Finance, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, Economic and Social Development, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Forestry, Knowledge and Communication, Natural Resource Management and Technical Cooperation.

FAO's Regular Programme budget is funded by its members, through contributions set at the FAO Conference.

The FAO regular budget for 2012-2013 biennium is US $ 1, 005. 6 million.

FAO is receiving a total of around € 200 million for work in 25 countries, of which € 15. 4 million goes to Zimbabwe.

As FAO is primarily a knowledge based organization, investing in human resources is a top priority.

Some countries may denote specific representatives to the FAO, for instance the United States Ambassador to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, who has ambassador rank and is also part of the United States Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome.

Additionally outside the region, FSM is a member or participant of the ACP ( Lomé Convention ), the Alliance of Small Island States, the Asian Development Bank, the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific ( ESCAP ), the Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ), the G-77, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Civil Aviation Organization, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, the International Development Association, the International Finance Corporation, the IMF, the International Olympic Committee, the ITU, the NAM and the World Meteorological Organization.

Jordan is an active member of the UN and several of its specialized and related agencies, including the Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ), International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ), and World Health Organization ( WHO ).

Additionally outside the region, Kibibati is a member or participant of the ACP ( Lomé Convention ), the Asian Development Bank, the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific ( ESCAP ), the Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ), the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Civil Aviation Organization, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, the International Development Association, the International Finance Corporation, the IMF, International Maritime Organization, International Olympic Committee, International Telecommunication Union ( ITU ), Universal Postal Union and the World Meteorological Organization.

Laos is a member of the following international organizations: Agency for Cultural and Technical Cooperation ( ACCT ), Association of Southeast Asian NationsASEAN, ASEAN Free Trade Area ( AFTA ), ASEAN Regional Forum, Asian Development Bank, Colombo Plan, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific ( ESCAP ), Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ), Group of 77G-77, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development ( World Bank ), International Civil Aviation Organization ( ICAO ), International Development Association ( IDA ), International Fund for Agricultural Development ( IFAD ), International Finance Corporation ( IFC ), International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, International Labour Organization ( ILO ), International Monetary Fund ( IMF ), Intelsat ( nonsignatory user ), Interpol, International Olympic Commission ( IOC ), International Telecommunication UnionITU, Mekong Group, Non-Aligned Movement ( NAM ), Permanent Court of Arbitration ( PCA ), United Nations, United Nations Convention on Trade and Development ( UNCTAD ), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO ), United Nations Industrial Development Organization ( UNIDO ), Universal Postal Union ( UPU ), World Federation of Trade Unions, World Health Organization ( WHO ), World Intellectual Property Organization ( WIPO ), World Meteorological Organization ( WMO ), World Tourism Organization, World Trade Organization ( observer ).

Libya is a member of ABEDA, AfDB, AFESD, AL, AMF, AMU, AU, CAEU, ECA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, ISO, ITU, MONUC, NAM, OAPEC, OIC, OPEC, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHRC ( suspended ), UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, UNWTO and UNHABITAT.

Malta is member of C, CE, EBRD, ECE, EU ( member from 1 May 2004 ), FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICFTU, ICRM, IFAD, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM ( observer ), ISO, ITU, OPCW, OSCE, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO

25. 4 % of Nepal's land area, or about is covered with forest according to FAO figures from 2005.

FAO estimates that around 9. 6 % of Nepal's forest cover consists of primary forest which is relatively intact.

About 12. 1 % Nepal's forest is classified as protected while about 21. 4 % is conserved according to FAO.

The following table is based on the ISSCAAP classification ( International Standard Statistical Classification of Aquatic Animals and Plants ) used by the FAO for the purposes of collecting and compiling fishery statistics.

Turkmenistan is affiliated to the CIS, EAPC, EBRD, ECE, ECO, ESCAP, FAO, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDB, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Intelsat ( nonsignatory user ), IOC, IOM ( observer ), ISO ( correspondent ), ITU, NAM, OIC, OPCW, OSCE, PFP, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTO ( observer )

Ertharin Cousin is the current Executive Director, appointed jointly by the UN Secretary General and the Director-General of the FAO for a five-year term.

According to FAO statistics, the total number of commercial fishermen and fish farmers is estimated to be 38 million.

It is defined by the FAO as including recreational, subsistence and commercial fishing, and the harvesting, processing, and marketing sectors.

FAO reports that China is the top duck market in 2004 followed by Vietnam and other South East Asian countries.

It has also been defined as " the arrangements, activities and inputs people undertake in a certain land cover type to produce, change or maintain it " ( FAO, 1997a ; FAO / UNEP, 1999 ).

FAO Schwarz also features limited-quantity luxury items including a $ 1, 500 Jeweled Classic Etch-A-Sketch and a Barbie Foosball Table by Bonzini priced at $ 25, 000.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ( FAO ) developed a supra-national classification, also called World Soil Classification, which offers useful generalizations about soils pedogenesis in relation to the interactions with the main soil-forming factors.

This type of ground cover would also help in keeping both the temperature and moisture levels of the soil at a higher level rather than if it was tilled every year ( FAO 2007 ).

Places like Europe have also started to catch onto the ideas and principles of CA, but still nothing much is being done to change due to their being a minimal amount of pressure for people to change their ways of living ( FAO 2006 ).

J. P. Ramet of the FAO has also succeeded in making cheese in 1987.

ACP, ADB, AOSIS, Commonwealth of Nations, FAO, IBRD ( also known as the World Bank ), IDA, IFRCS ( observer ), ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ITU, OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UPU, WHO

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FAO also provides information and training to affected countries and coordinates funding from donor agencies in case of major upsurges and plagues.

It also maintains relations with the World Health Organization ( WHO ), the Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) and the United Nations Environment Programme ( UNEP ).

A spinoff from the Sorraia, the Marismeño, has also been identified living in Doñana National Park, but is not on the FAO list.

As a Regional Plant Protection Organization, EPPO also participates in global discussions on plant health organised by FAO and the IPPC Secretariat.

Worldwide around 925 million people are chronically hungry due to extreme poverty, while up to 2 billion people lack food security intermittently due to varying degrees of poverty ( source: FAO, 2010 ).

The most reliable source for summary statistics is the FAO Fisheries Department.

By chance, Josh meets the company's owner, Mr. MacMillan ( Robert Loggia ), checking out the products at FAO Schwarz, and impresses him with both his extensive knowledge of current toys and his happy-go-lucky childlike enthusiasm.

* LinKS, a FAO project on biodiversity, gender and knowledge

FAO ’ s Global Information and Early Warning System ( GIEWS ) monitors world food supply / demand and provides the international community with prompt information on crop prospects and the food security situation on a global, regional and country-by-country basis.

The FAO hosts DAD-IS, the Domestic Animal Diversity Information System, a communication and information tool for the management of animal genetic resources which provides the user with searchable databases of breed-related information, management tools, and contacts for the Regional and National Coordinators for the Management of Animal Genetic Resources programme.

The FAO / WHO Codex standard for canned sardines cites 21 species that may be classed as sardines ; FishBase, a comprehensive database of information about fish, calls at least six species " pilchard ", over a dozen just " sardine ", and many more with the two basic names qualified by various adjectives.

The Joint FAO / WHO expert committee on food additives states that, " based on the information available, it is inadvisable to use carrageenan or processed eucheuma seaweed in infant formulas ".

After studying at Columbia University, he went on to serve the United Nations and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization for approximately eleven years, first as press attache to the UN Moroccan Mission in New York ( 1965 ), then as information officer at the UN headquarters in New York and in Addis Ababa ( 1965 – 1967 ), regional information adviser for Africa at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization in Accra, Ghana ( 1967 – 1971 ), communications adviser for the FAO at Rome ( 1961 – 1974 ), director of the information division at the same ( 1974 – 1976 ), and finally as Assistant-Secretary General at the UN World Food Conference ( 1974 – 1975 ).

The Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) of the United Nations provides information on the general locust situation to all interested countries and gives warnings and forecasts to those countries in danger of invasion.